Grimace

Grimace may refer to:

  • A type of facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain
  • Grimace (composer), a French composer active in the mid-to-late 14th century
  • Grimace (character), a McDonaldland marketing character developed to promote the restaurant's milkshakes
  • McDonaldland

    McDonaldland was a fantasy world used in the marketing for McDonald's restaurants. According to a lawsuit, it was based on the "total concept and feel" of Sid and Marty Krofft's H.R. Pufnstuf television program. McDonaldland was inhabited by Ronald McDonald and other characters. In addition to being used in advertising, the characters were used as the basis for equipment in the playgrounds attached to some McDonald's. McDonaldland and the supporting characters were dropped from McDonald's marketing in 2003, but Ronald McDonald is still seen in commercials and in Happy Meal toys.

    History

    1971–1974: Early years

    The first phase of the McDonaldland concept began in January 1971, when McDonald's was replacing its drive-ins with mansard roofed restaurants. The early commercials were built on an upbeat, bubble-gum style tune, and featured a narrator; many had plots that involved various villains trying to steal a corresponding food item, foiled by Ronald.

    McDonaldland itself, as it was depicted in the commercials, was a magical place where plants, foods, and inanimate objects were living, speaking characters. In addition to being the home to Ronald and the other core characters, McDonaldland boasted a theme park of "Thick Shake Volcanoes", anthropomorphized "Apple Pie Trees," "French Fry Bushes" (where McDonald's French Fries grew from bushes), "The Hamburger Patch" (where McDonald's hamburgers grew out of the ground like plants), "Filet-O-Fish Lake", and many other fanciful features based around various McDonald's menu items. In the commercials, the various beings are played by puppets or costumed performers, very similar to those used in the popular H.R. Pufnstuf TV show.

    Grimace (composer)

    Grimace (also Grymace or Grimache) was a French composer active in the mid-to-late 14th century.

    Grimace was active in the period of music history known as the ars nova and was probably a contemporary of Guillaume de Machaut, since his compositions lack the complicated rhythms of the Ars subtilior (Günther 2007). Grimace's birth and death dates are not known; little is known about him outside of attributions in medieval music manuscripts. Five works are attributed to him securely; two doubtful attributions have been proposed based on stylistic similarities. His virelai, A l'arme, A l'arme, is his most often performed work in modern times.

    The works attributed to Grimace are:

  • Dedens mon cuer (ballade)
  • Des que buisson (ballade)
  • Se Zephirus/Se Jupiter (ballade)
  • Je voy ennui (rondeau)
  • A l’arme/A l’arme/Tru tru (virelai)
  • Doubtful works:

  • C’estoit ma douce (virelai)
  • Rescoés: Horrible feu d’ardent desir/Rescoés: Le feu de mon loyal servant (virelai)
  • References

  • Günther, Ursula. "Grimace". Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed May 5, 2007), <http://www.grovemusic.com>. (Subscription access)
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    by: Made Out Of Babies

    Objects on the sign point the wrong way
    Straight into the barrel
    Like a winter's long delay
    You pick the shortest straw always
    The ladies will collect today
    Weight on either foot
    Sit sideways up against the wall
    Standing the right way
    Your smile turns into grimace
    And your face is at its thinnest




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